Whitney Museum of American Art

The Whitney Museum of American Art is not an author but a leading museum dedicated to 20th- and 21st-century American art, founded in 1930 by sculptor and patron Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney. It opened in 1931 in Greenwich Village after the Metropolitan Museum declined her collection of over 500 American artworks, establishing a unique focus on living U.S. artists. Today, it houses over 25,000 works and hosts the renowned Whitney Biennial.[1][2][3]